Saudi journalist Hatoon al-Fassi freed provisionally

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) notes that the Saudi journalist, women’s rights activist and university professor Hatoon al-Fassi was released provisionally along with three other women’s rights activists – Amal al-Harbi, Maysaa al-Manea and Abeer Namankani – at the end of a criminal court hearing in Riyadh on 2 May.Al-Fassi was prosecuted for being in contact with foreign media, diplomats and human rights groups.

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